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Correcting a Misleading Incident Report

Colleagues reconcile conflicting figures, document unresolved cases, and preserve an audit trail.

Activity topic: Transparent data correction

C1Premium content · 5 min

Correcting a Misleading Incident Report

Colleagues reconcile conflicting figures, document unresolved cases, and preserve an audit trail.

Activity topic: Transparent data correction

Vocabulary in this activity

  • could you hold the client report for a moment?
  • I noticed that
  • Should I correct the percentage, or add a note
  • Both, ideally.
  • I’ll revise the summary and link the source records
  • I won’t alter the original spreadsheet.

Excerpt

Ryan

Stephanie, could you hold the client report for a moment? The incident figures don’t match the underlying service logs.

Stephanie

I noticed that, Ryan. The summary says 2.4%, while the spreadsheet shows 3.1% for the same quarter.

Ryan

Exactly, and the difference comes from excluding unresolved cases without explaining why. That makes the headline look more reassuring than the evidence supports.

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What you'll practice

  • Sentence-by-sentence audio
  • 8 lines to say out loud, with feedback

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